Gullilble's travels
On the heels of the fuss over Gov. Easley's travels comes this item from the News & Observer of Raleigh about a (former) Wake County waste management employee. His 50 trips and other expenses, all charged to county taxpayers, totaled $161,233 and included:
-- a whale-watching cruise off the Maine coast;
-- four visits to Disney World;
-- a trip to Yellowstone National Park;
-- nights at a Las Vegas casino hotel;
-- backpacking gear;
-- an instructional DVD on how to catch lobsters;
-- and a book about elves.
He was fired, the N&O reports, but the boss who approved the expenses was merely demoted and still makes $94,000 a year.
Talk about waste management.